Grade 4 Lesson at a Glance: Chapter 4, Lesson 3

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Lesson at a Glance
Chapter 4, Lesson 3: Ranchos and Pueblos (pp. 95-98)

The Big Idea
Framework Concept: Interconnectedness While existing separately, the ranchos and the pueblos depended on one another.

Draw a chart on the board. With students, list the activities that take place on a rancho on one side and the activities that take place in a pueblo on the other side. Then underline the activities under pueblo that the rancheros might take part in. Use the chart to discuss the interconnectedness between the ranchos and the pueblos.

Lesson Outline
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Check for Understanding

Have students imagine what life was like for a child who lived either on a rancho or in a pueblo. Ask them to write a paragraph describing how that child's day compares to their own.
Have students take the roles of the different workers, shopkeepers, and rancheros of a pueblo. Have them act out scenes of life in the pueblo.

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